[Updated] Canada Updates the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients

Maximum amounts and units per serving of stated size

300 mg

Cautionary statements required on the label

(a) All products containing phosphatidylserine (soy) require the cautionary statements:

• "For Adults only (18 years of age or older)";

• "Not recommended for pregnant or breastfeeding women";

• "Do not [eat/drink] on the same day as any other supplemented foods or supplements with [the same supplemental ingredients/(name specific ingredients)]".

(b)   If the amount of phosphatidylserine (soy) declared on the label is more than 60 mg per serving, the following cautionary statement is required:

• "Do not [eat/drink] more than X serving(s) per day", where X is a number of servings that provides a daily amount of phosphatidylserine (soy), based on the amount declared on the label, that does not exceed 300 mg.

Others

Phosphatidylserine made from food grade soy lecithin

Maximum amounts and units per serving of stated size

100 mg epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and 200 mg total catechins

Cautionary statements required on the label

(a) All products require the cautionary statements:

• "For Adults only (18 years of age or older)";

• "Not recommended for pregnant or breastfeeding women";

• "Do not [eat/drink] on the same day as any other supplemented foods or supplements with [the same supplemental ingredients/(name specific ingredients)]".

(b) If the amount of EGCG in a serving exceeds 60 mg or the amount of total catechins in a serving exceeds 120 mg, the following additional cautionary statement is required:

·         "Do not eat/drink more than X container(s)/serving(s) daily", where X is a number of servings that     provides a daily amount of EGCG or catechins that does not exceed 300 mg or 600 mg, respectively.

Others

Green tea extract (EGCG/catechins) is a dry extract, fluid extract, tincture, decoction or infusion of Camellia sinensis and:

a. must be obtained using an extraction solvent used in accordance with the List of Permitted Carrier or   Extraction Solvents or water; and

b. must contain at least 40% epigallocatechin   gallate (EGCG) and 70% total catechins; and

c. must not contain more than 50% EGCG, 80% total catechins, and 5% caffeine

The amount in milligrams of EGCG and total catechins from green tea extract must be declared, each separately, under the "Supplemented with" heading in the Supplemented Food Facts table.